Commonwealth v. Jones
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 51—INDICTMENT— APPEAL PROM FRANKLIN CRIMINAL COURT. CITED Constitution of Kentucky, art. 8, secs. 1, 20, 21. Constitution of Kentucky, art. 12, sec. 4. Constitution of Kentucky, Bill of Eights, sec. 12. Starkie on Evidence; side page 361. Bishop on Statutory Crimes, sec. 264. Code of Practice, sec. 172. General Statutes, chap. 29, art. 25, sec. 1. General Statutes, chap. 33, art. 7. General Statutes, chap. 1, sec. 6. General Statutes, chap. 29, art. 13, see. 3. General…
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Case 51—INDICTMENT— APPEAL PROM FRANKLIN CRIMINAL COURT. CITED Constitution of Kentucky, art. 8, secs. 1, 20, 21. Constitution of Kentucky, art. 12, sec. 4. Constitution of Kentucky, Bill of Eights, sec. 12. Starkie on Evidence; side page 361. Bishop on Statutory Crimes, sec. 264. Code of Practice, sec. 172. General Statutes, chap. 29, art. 25, sec. 1. General Statutes, chap. 33, art. 7. General Statutes, chap. 1, sec. 6. General Statutes, chap. 29, art. 13, see. 3. General Statutes, chap. 52, art. 3, secs. 1,10. General Statutes, chap. 29, art. 17, sec. 9. Ee vised Statutes, chap. 71, sec.…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE LINDSAY
delivered the opinion oe the court.
Thomas C. Jones was indicted in the Franklin Criminal Court for usurping the office of clerk of the Court of Appeals. The indictment was founded upon the provisions of section 1, article 25, chapter 29, of the General Statutes, which is as follows, viz.: “ If any person shall usurp any office established by the constitution or laws of this commonwealth, or shall knowingly hold or pretend to exercise such office after his election or appointment thereto shall have been declared by a court of competent jurisdiction illegal or void, or after his…
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